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AMDXDNA Submitted For Linux 6.14 With Kernel Accelerator/Graphics Driver Updates
Due to Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) lead maintainer David Airlie of Red Hat going on holidays the next two weeks, he's preemptively submitted the DRM/accelerator feature pull request ahead of the Linux 6.14 merge window officially opening...
2025-01-17 06:38
Duolingo brings AI video calling to Android amid Mandarin learning boom driven by RedNote
Amid a surge in users to learn Mandarin to operate TikTok's Chinese alternative, RedNote, Duolingo has launched an AI-powered video call feature for all Android users. Read more...
2025-01-17 06:22
In Case You Wondered, RADV Doesn't Work On AMD CDNA Instinct Accelerators
Samuel Pitoiset of Valve's Linux graphics driver team landed some changes on Thursday to the open-source RADV driver within Mesa around GPU checks for the hardware supported by this popular AMD Vulkan driver on Linux systems...
2025-01-17 06:14
Apple halts AI summaries for news apps with latest beta updates amid issues
With the latest beta software for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, Apple has temporarily stopped AI summaries for news apps after it was accused of displaying false facts. Read more...
2025-01-17 06:06
RadeonSI UVD/VCE Video Acceleration Improvements Merged For Mesa 25.0
At the start of the new year I talked about patches improving AMD Radeon video encode/decode for older GPUs. That work to the RadeonSI Gallium3D driver's UVD and VCE support has now been merged ahead of the Mesa 25.0 code branching coming up in just ov...
2025-01-17 05:59
It looks like advertisers can just pay Meta to avoid getting roasted by Community Notes
Meta's Community Notes won't apply to paid advertisements and boosted posts, which could be a potential way for advertisers to be spared from Community Notes. Read more...
2025-01-17 05:50
Here’s how Google is using LLMs for complex internal code migrations
Code migration is a critical process in maintaining software applications. It helps improve performance and resilience, keeps systems up to date, and removes stale or irrelevant code. But it can be complex and time-consuming on a number of levels, not...
2025-01-17 05:00
Your Microsoft 365 subscription cost is going up for the first time in 12 years — but don't worry, it now includes a "monthly allotment" of Copilot
Microsoft has announced that it is increasing the price of its Microsoft 365 Personal and Home subscriptions for the first time in 12 years, and is also adding Copilot.
2025-01-17 04:53
Apple Watch Crash Detection credited with saving 55-year-old man who passed out while driving
No, that voice you heard wasn’t a call from the other side. It was emergency services calling to help thanks to Crash Detection on Apple Watch. That’s exactly what happened to a 55-year-old Apple Watch customer in Massachusetts after passing out wh...
2025-01-17 02:03
Google rolls out Vertex AI RAG Engine
Google has formally introduced Vertex AI RAG Engine, a developer tool aimed at streamlining the complex process of retrieving relevant information from a knowledge base and feeding it to an LLM (large language model). Introduced in a January 15 blog p...
2025-01-17 00:55
Sony cancels two first-party live service projects, including a God of War entry
Live service games in development at Sony first-party studios don't seem to be fairing well. Two projects from Bend Studio and Bluepoint have now been canceled. Read more...
2025-01-17 00:28
Russian Star Blizzard Shifts Tactics to Exploit WhatsApp QR Codes for Credential Harvesting
The Russian threat actor known as Star Blizzard has been linked to a new spear-phishing campaign that targets victims' WhatsApp accounts, signaling a departure from its longstanding tradecraft in a likely attempt to evade detection. "Star Blizzard's ta...
2025-01-16 23:42
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Russian Star Blizzard Targets WhatsApp Accounts in New Spear-Phishing Campaign
The Russian threat actor known as Star Blizzard has been linked to a new spear-phishing campaign that targets victims' WhatsApp accounts, signaling a departure from its longstanding tradecraft in a likely attempt to evade detection. "Star Blizzard's ta...
2025-01-16 23:42
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PlayStation just reportedly canceled two live service games that likely would've launched on Windows PC
PlayStation reportedly cancels two live-service games, including a live-service God of War from Bluepoint Games.
2025-01-16 23:36
Intel releases new graphics driver with CoD Black Ops 6 performance improvements and more
The latest graphics drivers from Intel are here, and they offer performance improvements in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and the initial support for new graphics cards and processors. Read more...
2025-01-16 22:44
Apple’s most affordable iPad has an AI problem
Apple’s 10th-gen iPad is (regular $349), especially when you consider that the next comparable display size in the lineup starts at $600. iPad 10 has a full-screen design, fun colors, Touch ID, USB-C, and impressive cameras. However, there’s one mi...
2025-01-16 22:35
Corsair MP600 PRO XT 8TB NVMe Gen4 SSD with heatsink is lowest priced
You can get Corsair's MP600 PRO XT SSD if you are looking for an 8TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD as it is available for the lowest price. It comes with a heatsink too. Read more...
2025-01-16 22:28
Meta allegedly used 'crude tactics' to close in on OpenAI’s 2-year lead building AI uncontested — Sam Altman admitted creating ChatGPT without copyrighted data is impossible
Meta reportedly used copyrighted content to train its AI models and seemingly tried to cover its tracks to avoid copyright infringement-related issues, including removing copyright headers and document identifiers.
2025-01-16 22:23